Every year, The Billfish Foundation (TBF) recognizes the captains, mates and anglers (including youth and ladies) who tag and release the most billfish in each of the world’s oceans. The competition is categorized by billfish species, ocean, and whether the fish were tagged or released untagged. Award winners are recognized at TBF’s Annual Tag & Release Awards Ceremony held during the Miami International Boat Show presented by the TBF Tag and Release Sponsors: Bisbee’s Fish and Wildlife Conservation Fund, Casa Vieja Lodge, Costa Sunglasses, Pelagic, and SIMRAD.
Please remember the deadline for TBF to receive your tag and release data is November 15th! You can either submit them via snail mail or online via www.tagbillfish.org.
The standings below reflect Tag and Release Cards entered into the TBF Database as of 9/25/2014.
Overall Release Captain
1 Pete Rae
2 Josh Temple
3 Chris Van Leeuwen
4 Manuel Diaz
5 Dean Panos
Overall Tagging Captain
1 Josh Temple
2 Chris Sheeder
3 Ronnie Fields
4 Eddy Lawler
5 Francisco Alvarenga
Overall Release Angler
1 Pat McCotter
2 Keith Brandner
3 Bill Easum
4 John Duvall
5 Gray Ingram
Overall Tagging Angler
1 Keith Brandner
2 Gray Ingram
3 Darryl Schroeder
4 Sandra MacMillan
5 Alejandro Gonzalez
Overall Release Lady Angler
1 Sandra MacMillan
2 Joan Verrnon
3 Tiffany Sisolak
4 Sally Kurz
5 Martha Macnab
Overall Tagging Lady Angler
1 Sandra MacMillan
2 Martha Macnab
3 Dawn Samuels
4 Erika Babikow
5 Sally Kurz
Overall Release Youth Angler
1 Bo Ingram
2 Shawn MacMullin
3 Charles Gaddy
4 Brown Gaddy
5 Jackson Woodward
Overall Tagging Youth Angler
1 Bo Ingram
2 Shawn MacMullin
3 Nick Brackman
4 Josh Golden
5 Brown Gaddy
Top Tagging Angler- Atlantic Ocean
Blue Marlin
1 Gray Ingram
2 Bo Ingram
3 Sandra MacMillan
4 Chris Haley
5 Mario Frering
Sailfish
1 Kasey Swan
2 Sandra MacMillan
3 Andy Southwell
4 Kerry Dyer
5 Dawn Samuels
Swordfish
1 Rick Gudoian
White Marlin
1 Sandra MacMillan
2 Jeff Citron
3 Jefferey Stolarz
4 James Allement
Top Release Angler- Atlantic Ocean
Blue Marlin
1 Gray Ingram
2 Sandra MacMillan
3 Bo Ingram
4 James Weir
5 James Turner
Sailfish
1 Gray Ingram
2 Chris Kubik
3 Andy Southwell
4 Rob DeYoung
5 Wesley Davis
White Marlin
1 Sandra MacMillan
2 Willo Rubi
3 Will Stark
4 James Turner
5 Sally Kurz
Top Tagging Captain- Atlantic Ocean
Blue Marlin
1 Ronnie Fields
2 Chris Hood
3 Olaf Grimkowski
4 Antonio Amaral
5 Ben Horning
Sailfish
1 Fin Gaddy
2 Rom Whitaker
3 Bouncer Smith
4 Danny Ford
5 Gary Clifford
Swordfish
1 Mark Pagano
2 Sean O’Connor
White Marlin
1 Gary Richardson
2 Jerry Lanzerotti
3 Scott Leon
4 Tim Richardson
5 David Deniz
Top Release Captain- Atlantic Ocean
Blue Marlin
1 Ronnie Fields
2 Scott Leon
3 Matt Mauldwin
4 Tim Richardson
5 Bertrand Bouchard
Sailfish
1 Dean Panos
2 Fin Gaddy
3 Rom Whitaker
4 George Wells
5 Dennis Endee
White Marlin
1 Scott Leon
2 Dennis Endee
3 Tim Richardson
4 Fin Gaddy
5 Jimmy Grant
Top Tagging Angler- Pacific Ocean
Blue Marlin
1 Keith Brandner
2 James Brown
3 Tony Carpenter
4 Ron Kawaja
5. Greg Brander
Sailfish
1 Darryl Schroeder
2 Alejandro Gonzalez
3 Scott Kozak
4 Brent Kitson
5 David Glidden
Striped Marlin
1 Martha Macnab
2 Blake Quinn
3 John “Jack” Duvall
4 Nick Brackmann
5 Gary Robertson
Top Release Angler- Pacific Ocean
Black Marlin
1 Barry Alty
2 Bill Pullman
Blue Marlin
1 Pat McCotter
2 Keith Brander
3 James Brown
4 Tony Carpenter
5 Andrea Hoke
Sailfish
1 Bill Easum
2 John Duvall
3 Gray Ingram
4 Keith Brander
5 Scott Kozak
Striped Marlin
1 Team Los Amogos
2 John “Jack” Duvall
2 Chris Bays
3 Steve Slawkin
4 Pat McCotter
Top Tagging Captain- Pacific Ocean
Black Marlin
1 Tim Richardson
Blue Marlin
1 Josh Temple
2 Sean Holden
3 Skeet Warren
4 Richard Chellemi
5 Jason Parker
Sailfish
1 Chris Sheeder
2 Francisco Alvarenga
3 David Salazar
4 Richard Chellemi
5 Nicho Alvarenga
Striped Marlin
1 Bernabe Ruiz
2 Jaime Gonzalez
3 Sean Holden
4 Tony Araiza
5 Carl Schloederer
Top Release Captain- Pacific Ocean
Black Marlin
1 Brett Alty
2 Tim Richardson
3 Pete Rae
Blue Marlin
1 Pete Rae
2 Josh Temple
3 Chris Bays
3 BC Angel
4 Bubba Carter
Sailfish
1 Chris Van Leeuwen
2 Manuel Diaz
3 Brad Phillips
4 Pete Rae
5 Josh Temple
Striped Marlin
1 Chris Bays
2 Eduardo Cesena Burgoin
3 Pablo Cesena
4 Carlos Ruiz
5 Rafeal (Cha Cha) Sanchez
Top Tagging Angler – Indian Ocean
Black Marlin
1 Scott MacGowan
2 Jo-Ann Riley
3 Chee Meng Yap
4 Peter Nagle
5 Luke Groen
Sailfish
1 Jo-Ann Riley
2 Scott MacGowan
3 Steve Palumbo
4 Henry Riggs-Miller
5 Geoff Ellens
Top Release Angler – Indian Ocean
Black Marlin
1 Murray Teasdace
Sailfish
1 Henry Riggs-Miller
Top Tagging Captain- Indian Ocean
Black Marlin
1 Eddy Lawler
2 Bernard Vale
3 Scott MacGowan
4 Ross Newton
5 Jo-Ann Riley
Blue Marlin
1 Eddy Lawler
2 Ross Newton
3 Bernard Vale
Sailfish
1 Jourdain Ellens
2 Scott MacGowan
3 Eddy Lawler
4 Ross Newton
5 Rolly Pierre
Striped Marlin
1 Eddy Lawler
2 Bryan Matiba
Top Release Captain – Indian Ocean
Black Marlin
1 Eddy Lawler
2 Ross Newton
Blue Marlin
1 Ross Newton
Sailfish
1 Rolly Pierre
Female Tag Division
1 Sandra MacMillan
2 Martha Macnab
3 Dawn Samuels
4 Erika Babikow
5 Sally Kurz
Female Release Division
1 Sandra MacMillan
2 Joan Vernon
3 Amanda Thompson
4 Tiffany Sisolak
5 Andrea Hoke
Youth Tag Divisions
8 and under
1 Brown Gaddy
2 Charles Gaddy
3 Caden Alexander
13 – 15
1 Bo Ingram
2 Shawn MacMullin
3 Patrick Haley
4 Greer Beasley
16 – 17
1 Nick Brackmann
Youth Release Divisions
8 and under
1 Charles Gaddy
2 Brown Gaddy
13 – 15
1 Bo Ingram
2 Shawn MacMullin
